We arrived at the ambush point, which we had spotted beforehand.
　We are currently up in a tree, hiding in the branches and leaves, waiting.

　The tops of trees are difficult to escape from when they are found, so we don't use them often, but it's nighttime now and there are four targets at most, probably three of them, excluding the servants, so it's not a problem. In the midst of the carriage that blocks the view, Lesen prioritizes securing the view in order not to let them escape.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find a great deal more to say about it. Considering the possibility of Lesen not returning to the city, we are monitoring him with a drone. For now, as planned, we are stranded in a dead tree at the ambush point. I'm making it look like it fell naturally.

　After a lot of waiting, Lesen's carriage came back. The private soldier who played the role of the driver is wondering if it was still unnatural. But it was enough not to go around or turn back. Quickly shoot two private soldiers on the gohja platform...

　The imprint of the goddess changes both the light and sound of the shot to wavelengths outside of human perception. Note that the wind noise of the bullet remains. The firing gas is invisible, but it's there, so beware of burns.

　Every time I think about it, this imprint is too oriented towards assassination. I'm afraid that if I break my contract with the Goddess, they'll send a lot of guys with these things.

　All that's left is Lesen....

The original assassin. If you're going to get rid of me, you've found a way to save Xina, right?　And what about Kishina, if this is the master plan?　If you know, I'd like to know the last thing you know.

　In this kind of work, no unnecessary chatter is allowed.
　But I felt the words were so urgent that I decided to teach them.

''The newly appointed Dragon Senator, Lord Divine Dragon Vivir, will donate this manor to you.

　Hearing this, Lesen stepped out of the carriage.
　He placed what looked like a suicide note on the ground and looked ready to go.

''Thank you. Dump the body in the swamp, the demon will clean it up.

　Don't lose your mind, just shoot him in the tree. I also collect the parchment suicide note.

　I obeyed Lesen and stopped burning it. It's better to feed it to a demon to ensure its disappearance. As soon as I threw the body into the swamp, the aquatic demons swarmed and ate it up, leaving no trace of them.

　........Was he really a bandit?　The last conversation feels uncomfortable. But it's not good for this one either if he's not a national pirate for civil war. It's not clear, but let's forget about it for now. Regardless of what the reality is, there was no other way to save Kishina than to do this.

I'm done with Lesen. The carriage is finished with Lesen, we'll tow it back on the motorcycle. The horses will be presented to the Scales.

　I can ride a motorcycle, but I don't have any riding or grooming experience.
　We don't want the horses to return to us.

There was a simple stove in the hut. The carriage can be separated and the distinctive parts can be burned for firewood. "Yukikaze used the hearth to make an evening meal.


The next morning

　After eating the evening meal prepared by Yukikaze in the cleaned out hut, they napped until dawn. We woke up at sunrise, warmed up the leftover soup from the night meal and put boiled noodles in it for breakfast. Udon dried noodles can last for several years without preservatives and are excellent emergency food, so we have a lot of stockpiled food.

　Now, there's only one thing left to do: Krugel. It would have been easier if we could blow up the entire base...

　The scullery maid was irrelevant to the conspiracy, but since they lived in the same building, they rejected it in the operational phase. Then, Madoha and Yukikaze suggested that the scullery maid doesn't get on the boat, so they decided to take care of him on the swamp. It was decided that the scullery maids would not get on the boat, so they decided to take care of them on the swamp. The method is to sink the boat with 14.5mm and large caliber PTRS.

　In addition, the swamp is quite deep, but the shallow waters of the swamp are covered with reeds, so there are no witnesses. The swamp creatures would clean up the mess, too. In other words, it saves a lot of time and effort, and this is a strategy that can be done by just me, Madoha, and Yukikaze.

　We tell the scales that the Nushies are approaching and that it's dangerous from morning to noon, and evacuate them. The only thing left to do is to set up the Simonov and wait for the opponent, so this time we adopted a short legged tripod (tri-pot) that is highly stable and can be expected to improve shooting accuracy. The anchor is also set.

　When the morning sun turned from orange to white on the water, Kruegel's fleet appeared in a side line. We observed them nonchalantly with a scope. Their deftness in handling nushies was superb, and it was clear that they were highly skilled experts in aquatic monsters.

　He lured the nushies with goats as bait, used a spell to make them unable to dive, threw a harpoon and towed them with three large cutter boats. The poisonous fog breath also creates waves and pushes them back, minimizing the damage. They must have anticipated an emergency situation in advance.

　He's also good at devising ways to prevent the boat from being attacked when it catches up to him. They use water magic to push it back or shoot a harpoon tied to the anchor, dropping the anchor into the water and killing its speed.

　The anchor made towing harder, but if the Nushi tried to get close, the anchor would get caught on the bottom of the water or in the waterweed, making it unlikely that they would be able to keep up with the boat. Nevertheless, both the harpoon and the brake anchor would be removed in a few moments and the harpoon throwing would continue.

　With the roar of an irritated Nushi, the once still swamp suddenly became noisy.
　It was quite a close battle and a powerful sight to behold.

　If it was a normal giant fish, it would only need to set a giant hook on the livestock it was feeding on. However, they are very cautious and eat their flesh by scraping it off with their metal-like teeth. As a result, the hooks would be crushed and spat out instead of being hooked.

　

　However, the fierce battle is almost over. It's about time for me to pull back the curtain.
　We're about two kilometers from the sniper's point to the boat, and we're within the planned attacking distance.
　Yukikaze is the observer, and Madoha begins to provide target correction and tactical information support.

''Ryota-sama, this time I will only allow you to use five rounds of Goddess-sama-made armor-piercing grenades. Instead, we will have 20 locally manufactured bismuth rounds.

　The armor-piercing shrapnel has a full metal jacket of copper alloy.
　The core is made of tungsten.
　It has a multi-base charge and high power.

　The shells are designed to shatter after bursting, but due to its structure and the placement of the explosives, there is a lot of fragments flying forward. If the shell hits the ship's edge, it is in a two-stage stance, with debris hitting the bottom of the ship after penetration.

"Window flower, sight correction please. Aim at the bow area of the left ship.

　I test-fired it last night and got the ballistic data. But I don't know the timing of the burst, so I experimented with the first bullet. It was a 14.5mm armor piercing grenade with a tungsten core. It was too strong for the boat board of the rowing boat.

　If the boat board was too weak, the explosion would be after penetration. If the boat board was too weak, the grenade would explode after penetrating the bottom of the boat. So, the first thing we wanted to do was to find out how long it would take for the ship to explode.

The wind and other environmental factors are negligible this time. But the ship is moving, so there will be a margin of error before it lands. I'll leave it to you to adjust. The sighting correction will be displayed at any time.

　As long as the boat is operated by humans, its movement is erratic. From launch to landing, we have to rely on intuition.

　Well, the speed of the bullets is fast, the boat is moving slowly, and it's heading this way. Besides, Simonov was able to worship Lord Kinyako and have it made to have an extraordinary collection of bullets. I'm sure you'll find that the Goddess-manufactured bullets are aerodynamically superior and their trajectory is terribly stable.

　It takes only a few seconds for the bullets to land, and their tilt angle is shallow.
　If you align with them around the bow, you'll hit them.

　 Yukikaze observes that the metal jacket (the copper alloy casing) at the tip of the bullet was torn off halfway through, and it caught the bottom plate that was hit, splitting the two plates and piercing it.

　It seems that the explosion was before it landed on the bottom of the ship, and it burst in the air, creating a large hole in the bottom of the ship due to distortion. Many rowers were seriously injured by the pellets and fragments of the metal jacket.

　The hole in the bow was enlarged by the water pressure from the advance. The hole in the bottom of the boat is also unclogged, and they're trying to break away by cutting the tow rope ... maybe they'll sink first.

　The other boats rush to cut the tow rope, but it's too late. The central Kruegel's boat is hit a little below the draft line, and the impact of the surface impact activates the fuse, which, along with the water pressure, creates a large hole in the bow plate. The water pressure blew a large hole in the bow plate, and some people were injured when pieces of wood flew out of the hole.

　The flooding is better now, but the more we move forward, the wider the hole, and the less speed we get.

　The last boat was particularly unlucky. The crew became so impatient that they lost their balance and overturned, and as they did so, a bullet hit the bronze anchor fixed to the bottom of the boat and exploded. It snapped the boat's dragon bone, and pieces of the shattered anchor and tungsten pellets struck the crew.

　The first boat sank. The center was caught and chewed to pieces by the nush. Even the crew, barely trapped in the plank, were attacked by a five-meter class foot-hireo catfish.

'You're not going to die alone, Ryota!　I will curse you for my life!

　The name was passed on via Lesen. After Krugel loudly proclaimed it, he invoked a spell that was truly filled with a grudge. It's a powerful curse, and his body is rotting in exchange for the jutsu. But the direction he's screaming is different, he doesn't know the face, and the curse is just a name.

I'm sorry. A spell that doesn't cause any physical phenomena, it doesn't work on me.

　I have the skin to counteract the magic.
　Even the evil curse fizzled out without finding its target.

　If he knew my face and had something associated with me, he might have reached the skin that counteracts the magic power. Still, I think it's good and up to the calluses.

　I have the blessings of the goddesses, the blessings of Manya and the Seven Lucky Gods, and the good fortune of Snow and Wind. And I have friends waiting for me to return, and that level of resentment is not enough.

　And while you're at it, Nushi, who can't dive, you're dead too.

　Switch to bismuth rounds and aim for this ammunition.
　Fire the first shot and you'll be hit on the side.

　The Nushi catches it and seems to have found our position, coming straight for us. It also takes more shots at its back and upper jaw, withstanding up to two 14.5mm anti-tank rifle rounds before finally dying off with a third shot to the upper jaw.

　A terrifying life force for a demonic beast alone.
　If it hadn't come at me, I could have escaped.

　In the end, I shot the rifle-launching harpoon that I used in the ruins of Haruka and pulled it up to land with the winch of the armored car.

　After dissecting it, I found that this guy's demon nucleus existed in liquid form in a pouch inside his body. I only took the magic core bag and gave the rest to the Scales. I got a nice thank you.

'Then let's go back to Xina. The janitorial group will be angry, and if we hurry we can make it to lunch.

　I left the driving back to Window Flowers and I decided to make some snacks that I hadn't bought for Pina and Mogu.



* A city guest house

Everybody!　Ryota will be back for lunch, hurry up and get to work!

I never knew honey could make fruit taste so good. I've got the fruit, I'll move on to the peeling!

"Pina, strawberries, figs, and lots of hope.